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An order from Herakleides son of Sarapion, a former gymnasiarch, acting through his agent Zoilos, instructing the grain officials of Psobthis to transfer 38 artabas of wheat from his deposit to the heirs of his aunt Ptolemas alias Sintheus. It was written in the Oxyrhynchite nome in September 147.
Sitologoi were the officials in charge of public granaries, where private individuals also kept wheat on account; such transfer orders worked much like bank transfers. The wheat is drawn from granaries at Pakerke and Tholthis.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sitologi document). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἡρακλείδης Σαραπίωνος τῶν γεγυμνασιαρχηκότων διὰ Ζωίλου φροντιστοῦ σιτολόγοις Ψώβθεως ἀπηλιώτου χαίρειν. διαστείλατε ἀφʼ οὗ ἔχετέ μου ἐν θέματι πυροῦ γενήματος τοῦ διελθόντος ι ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου κληρονόμοις Πτολεμᾶς τῆς καὶ Σινθεῦτος τηθίδος μου Πακέρκη ιθ 𐅵 χοί…
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